The Atlantic Puffin is one of the world's most distinctive seabirds. It has a black back, white underparts, and a large, colourful beak. Its head is black with pale grey cheek patches, and it has a ...

When you think of a bird’s nest, you probably picture a cozy little home tucked high up in a tree. But guess what? Not all ...

Every fall in Iceland, local residents throw baby puffins off a cliff. It sounds cruel, but it's actually part of a conservation strategy. These "Puffling Patrols" are actually helping to mitigate ...

As part of our ad hoc Scotland’s Wonderful Wildlife series, Thom Quinn describes a consequential meeting with a puffin, a ...

There will be no siblings to snatch the bit from the hatchling’s mouth. Atlantic puffins in Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, the largest breeding colony of the species in North America.

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Atlantic Puffins are cute little oddballs that like to go cast fishing ... While they do most of their foraging within 50 feet underwater, they can dive up to 200 feet! When it’s time to fly, they can ...

Atlantic puffins, kittiwakes and Arctic terns feature on the “red list” of birds at greatest risk in the UK. The UK legal team maintains that the ban was implemented using “the best availabl ...

Parents need to know that Puffin Rock and the New Friends is a superb Irish animated movie based on the Puffin Rock TV series for younger kids. This big-screen adventure is suitable for young viewers ...

The normal, or Atlantic, puffin happens on Atlantic coasts from the Arctic south to Brittany and Maine. It is around 30 cm long, dark above, white beneath, with dark face plumage, red-orange feet, a ...